George Conger

The Diocese of Seoul has elected an evangelical clergyman to be its seventh bishop. The Rt. Rev. Elijah Kim Jang-whan (金長煥) was consecrated on 26 Sept 2024 at the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Nicholas in Seoul as the seventh bishop of the diocese and third bishop of the missionary district of North Korea.

The National Council of Churches of Korea – the nine member Protestant ecumenical federation that includes the Anglican Church of Korea – has called for the resignation or impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. Late in the night of 3 December 2024 President Yoon declared martial law, the first imposition of martial law […]

The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Rwanda on Thursday, December 19, elected the Rev. Louis Pasteur Kabayiza as the next bishop of Shyogwe Diocese in succession to the Rt. Rev. Jared Kalimba.

The Moderator of the Church of North India consecrated two new diocesan bishops last week. On 9 Dec 2024 the Rt. Revd. Alfred Chandrakant Tiwde was consecrated Bishop in Pune, and the Rt. Rev. David Roy was consecrated Bishop in Dooars.

A court has blocked the consecration and enthronement of the Rev. Bernard Otieno Owuor as the second bishop of the Diocese of Maseno East of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) pending a judicial review of the episcopal nomination and election process. On 18 December 2024 the Kisumu High Court Deputy Registrar Gloria Baraza issued an order he court's conservatory order specifically restraining the ACK and its Primate, the Most Rev. Jackson Ole Sapit from proceeding with the consecration, facilitating his assumption of office and allowing him to discharge any episcopal functions.

A Navarro County Texas grand jury has indicted the Rev. Canon Edward Monk SSC, rector of St John's Episcopal Church in Corsicana, on three counts of theft. On 19 Dec 2024 the grand jury handed down complaints of Theft over $300K, Fraud in the 3rd Degree, and Credit Card abuse the NavCo Chronicle

The Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACoM) has launched an appeal for assistance after a magnitude 7.3 eathquake rocked the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, killing at least 16 and injuring several hundred people. Telephone, electric and water services have been badly damaged or destroyed in Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu, a group of 80 islands home to about 330,000 people.

The Episcopal Church of South Sudan's (ECSS) Diocese of Wau has demanded justice for 17 members of its clergy allegedly tortured by soldiers of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO), Radio Tamazuj reports. Led by Vice President Riek Machar, the SPLM-IO split from the SPLM in 2013 due to political tensions between President Salva Kiir Machar. The dispute led to the outbreak of the South Sudanese Civil War and continues to pose a threat to the stability of Africa's newest nation.

The Anglican Diocese of Niagara has been given the green light to reopen its cemeteries and resume selling burial services, following a five-month suspension due to financial compliance issues. This development comes after the diocese addressed concerns raised by the Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO) regarding the management of its Care and Maintenance Funds.

Decentralizing Nigeria's police force and adopting a state and community policing model, along with tackling corruption and poverty are the best ways to reduce crime, Nigerian church leaders have claimed. The concerns over Nigeria's failing security come three weeks after an archbisho[p went missing and is feared kidnapped.